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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricr.

CHARLES A. LAUNIUS, OF HIGH SHOALS, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHOMAS G. LAUNIUS, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,022, dated August24, 1886. Application filed April 14, 1886. Serial No.198,t15. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LAUNIUS, of High Shoals, in the county of\Valton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new 5 and usefulImprovements in Devices forTransmitting Power; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains r to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

My invention has relation to mechanism for 1 convertingreciprocatingmotion into continuous rotary motion; and it has for itsobject to furnish a motor for use in situations where powerful rotarymotion is required and where the speed of such rotation is a secondarychject, such motor being especially useful where horse, steam, or waterpower is unavailable on account of its too great expense considering theoperations to be performedas, for' a common instance, where it isdesired to raise 2 heavy weights, especially on farms where a singleperson very often has to do most of the work.

One particular object is to furnish a powerful, cheap, durable, andeasily-operated device for raising water from wells for watering stock,& 3.

With these objects in view, my invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which I shall nowproceed to fully and accurately describe, the specific points of noveltyin which I shall afterward particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 0 a view in front elevation ofmy improved device. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a detail view in elevation showing the cage-wheel and its shaft.Fig. 4 is a detail view showing in section the man- 5 ner of connectingthe lower ends of the guideways to the frame. Fig. 5 is a view in sideelevation of a portion of one of the sliding tooth-carrying frames. Fig.6 is a view in longitudinal vertical section through part of one of thesliding frames, showing the construction and manner of operating thespring ratchet-teeth, and Fig. 7 is a sectional detail through one ofthe sliding frames and guideways.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thevarious figures.

Referring more particularly to thedrawings by letters of reference, A Aare the two front posts or uprights of a frame, which is supported byfour-such posts, A being one of the rear posts, the other rearpost notbeing shown. The front posts, A A, are connected by crossbeams B B, asare also the back posts, the beams being of the same number and shape atfront and back. The front and rear posts on each side, as seen at A'andA, Fig.2, are connected by cross-beams O 0, those on each side being ofthe same size and shape.

D is an upright secured rigidly to the crossbeams B B, near theircenters, and projecting some distance above the top of the rest of theframing. At the top of this upright D is pivoted, at d, a lever, E,whose short end projects over the center of the frame-work,while itslong end (which I show hingedat 6, Fig. 2) projects to the rear anydesired distance depending upon the amount of leverage re quired.

To the short end ofthe lever E is pivoted a cross-bar, F, which carriesat each end a sliding bar or frame, as G and G, connected to saidcrossbar by pivots f and f, which engage in perforations in metal plates9 and g, secured to said sliding bars G G, in any suitable manner. Whenthe handle-lever E is rocked on its pivot, these bars G G move up anddown in gnideways J J, which are pivotally secured at their lower endson a bar, K, and are at the same time prevented from movinglongitudinally of said bar, and thereby moving nearer to each other bymeans of a set-screw, j, which passes into said gnideways, as seen inFig. 4, until its point engages a small groove, k, in the bar K. Thisbar K is sup ported in perforations formed in the lower sidecross-beams, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, and is held in place by means ofa nut, K, on each end. The slideways are held against lateral movementnear their top ends by means of plates I, which are secured to the upperside cross-beams by means-of set-screws z, passing through slots a"therein, as shown in Fig. 7,

which plates engage horizontal slots 6 in the guid'eways, and thuspermit movement back and forward as the guideways swing on theirsupporting pivot-barK.

The sliding frames G G are composed of three pieces of plank or platesof metal h h and h. The planks h h are set at aslight distance apart andthe plank it placed between them, and there rigidly secured by means ofscrews, nails, or bolts. It projects in their rear and fits snugly inthe grooves in the guideways, while the space between h and h isutilized as a space in which to pivot spring ratchet-teeth L L, ashereinafter set forth. These ratchetteeth are in two series, the seriesL being pivoted in the groove of slide G, and the series L beingsimilarly secured in the groove of slide Gr. jecting upward, and theteeth L, as shown in Fig. 5, project .downward. The teeth of each seriesare pivoted in the space or groove between the planks h h of the slidingframes G G, and are normally forced outward, so that their pointsproject beyond the edge of the sliding frames by means of leaf or othersprings l, secured to the planks h, the amount of such forward oroutward projection being limited by straps Z. (See Fig. (5.)

In the front and rear upper cross-beams of the machine are providedhearings for a shaft, M,which carries two disks, m m, set at a shortdistance from each other and connected by a concentric series of rods,in, thus forming a wheel n, of the form known as cage-wheel. The shaft Mis provided with a gear-wheel, n, which meshes into the gear-wheel a,mounted on shaft a". This is merely an instance for illustration, as thegearing from the shaft M may be varied to suit the occasion or thedesire of the user;

The operation of my device may be described as follows: By grasping thelever E it may be reciproea-ted,oscillating it on its pivot d. Thiscarries the slide-frames G G up and down in the guideways J J. As theypass down the teeth L engage the rods or teeth m of the cagewheel andcause the shaft M to rotate in the direction of the arrow on the pinionit, during which operation the rods m on the opposite side of the cagewheel pass upward and the teeth L in their downward motion slip oversaid rods or teeth. At the end of the stroke the motion is reversed, andthe slide frames moving upward the teeth L engage the rods m andcontinue the rotation of the shaft in the same direction, the teeth Lnow slipping over the rods of the cage-wheel. Thus a continuous rotationin one direction is given to the shaft M and any other mech- The seriesL have their points pro-* anism connected with it as long as thereciprocation of the lever E is continued. At the same time the machinecan be stopped at the end of any stroke, the cage-wheel remainingstationary. It will be seen at a glance that the reciprocation of theslide-frames will not be in an exact vertical line, but will varytherefrom slightly. This motion is permitted by pivoting the guidewayson rod K, as before set forth, and by providing rods for the cagewheelof a suitable length, always greater than the width of the slide-frames.This variation from the vertical will, however, be very slight, owing tothe shortness of the short end of the lever E. The cagewheel may beomitted, however, and a broad toothed wheel substituted for .it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In combination, a shaft, a cage or toothed wheel, M, the slide framesG G, carrying yielding reversed teeth L L, the cross-bar F, havingpivots f f, the plates 9 g, secured to the slides and perforated toreceive said pivots, and the lever E, pivoted to cross-bar F and to theframe of the machine, as set forth.

2. In combination, the framing, the shaft, wheel M, the slidewayshavingreversed yielding teeth, the crossbar F, pivotally connected at each endto one of said slides and at its center to the lever E, the lever E,pivoted to the frame, and the guideways J J, pivoted near their lowerends, as set forth.

3. In combinatioirwith the framing, the rod K, having grooves 7c, thegrooved guideways having set-screws engaging said groove is, the platesI, having slots 1', and the sot-screws engaging in said slots, theguideways being pro vided with horizontal grooves 1; to receive theedges of said plates I, as set forth.

4. In combination'with a shaft mounted in suitable bearings, acage-wheel consisting of disks m and concentric series of connectingrodsin, a pair of oscillatory reciprocating slide-frames having yieldingreversed and normally forced outward teeth, and suitable guideways forsuch slides pivoted at the lower ends and constructed to admit of aslight oscillatory movement at their upper ends, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Iaflix my signature inpresence of two witnesscs.

CHARLES A. LAUNIUS.

WVitn esses:

O. E. DUFFY, HENRY B. BOLTON.

